Ontology Summit 2007: Process

This is the page to describe the Ontology Summit 2007 Process

Process Deliverables

• 3 months of rigorous virtual discourse
  • dialog over the [ontology-summit] forum
  • possible use of survey(s)
  • summarize, synthesize, organized and displayed on the wiki (with support from editors)
• Coordinate and reduce finding and conclusions into a written communique
• 1.5 days of face-to-face technical workshop (whole day Apr. 23 & morning of Apr. 24, 2007 at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA)
• a Half day symposium which will be opened to the public and the press, where our key messages and the joint communique will be presented

The Process

The 6-step previously referred to as "draft-2" process is officially adopted (at the 2007.03.20 meeting)

Our 6-Step Process

• 1. Identify constituency representative
  • volunteers, recommendations, ...
  • see our developing list of communities that will form our constituencies here.
  • with help from a survey (... more)

• 2. collect ontology (or ontology-related) terms used in each constituency
  • with a specific e-mail thread for each constituency
    • use of the e-mail forum may help reduce duplication of efforts

• 3. collect representative ontology (or ontology-like) artifacts from each constituency
  • with a specific e-mail thread for each constituency
    • use of the e-mail forum may help reduce duplication of efforts

• 4. Constructing a categorization / typology framework

• 5. Categorize

• 6. Authoring the Communique

... more

Resource & References

• Process proposal-1 (draft) - /Draft1
• Process proposal-2 (now officially adopted) - /Draft2

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